# Biomedical Scientist - SC

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- **Location:** St Mary's Hospital (The Bays)
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Biomedical scientist
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £47,951 - £56,863 pa inclusive
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-04T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-18T10:00:55.956Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Imperial_College_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Clinical_Haematology/Clinical_Haematology-v8169449
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8169449?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.imperial.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Applications are invited from enthusiastic, well-motivated and organised individuals to be involved in all aspects of Clean Room GMP clinical processing, including advanced immunoselection protocols, Advanced Therapies Products receipt, handing and storage. Cell Culture, cryopreservation, research sample bio-banking, Flow Cytometry and other quality testing.

The Biomedical Scientist will be involved in all aspects that are key to our service development and expected to participate in activities such as validation, introduction of new techniques into the laboratory, quality systems, training, data management and assisting in new/on-going translational research bringing new therapies into clinical practice.

Applicants must have Health and Care Professions Council registration. A minimum of a BSc level qualification in a related field such as Haematology Blood Transfusion / Immunology is essential. In order to meet the needs of a high quality service, the post holder will be expected to be flexible in their working arrangements/time, participate in the departments on call rota and be able to demonstrate the ability to work consistently under pressure to the highest standards.

### Main duties of the job

- Use and develop specialist skills within the Quality Testing Dept. in order that patient evaluation and product quality testing are carried out appropriately and in a timely manner conducive to good patient management.
- Use and develop specialist skills within the Processing Dept. in the controlled working environment, clean rooms and associated areas, to maintain regulatory compliance and a safe environment for the processing of cell harvests for clinical use.
- Carry out Quality testing to include but not limited to, flow cytometry, FBC and colony assays .
- Perform cryopreservation of cellular therapy products in line with current SOPs.
- Support ATMP therapy as directed.
- Prepare Cell therapy Infusion Files ready for release by the DI
- In carrying out these duties, the post holder will maintain close communication with the,Medical, Nursing and Pharmacy staff attached to the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit activities based at Hammersmith Hospital, the Paediatric team based at St Mary’s Hospital and any other relevant departments within Imperial College NHS Trust and outside the Trust.
- Maintain close communication with Research staff in Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, Department of Haematology and other collaborators.
- Provide on rotation an out of hours service. This will involve occasional weekend and evening work plus the provision of an off site on-call service

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

### Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience within Haematology, Blood Transfusion Science, Immunology or a GMP laboratory.

**Desirable**

- Experience working in Grade B clean room production environment
- Experience of HPC processing and HPC quality testing (flow cytometry).

### Education/ qualifications

**Essential**

- BSc in appropriate specialist subjec
- Health and Care Professions Council state registration

**Desirable**

- Quality Management
- Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) training

### Skills/knowledge/ abilities

**Essential**

- Technical aptitude
- Ability to work in a team
- Problem solving skills

## Documents

- [job description (pdf, 362.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10625762)
- [our strategy 2023-25 (pdf, 230.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=427)
- [functional requirement form (pdf, 288.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10512805)

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